[aisle] Looking for Whole School Book Ideas

[Emily Conradt]

I would recommend:

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I think it ticks all your boxes quite well!


Emily Conradt (she/her)

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Subject: Re: [aisle] Looking for Whole School Book Ideas

I would second Alan Gratz books.  I am adding Tim Green's Unstoppable and A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.




Joni Darby

Shepherd Middle School
Library Information Specialist
Ottawa Elementary 141
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 3:48 PM Rati Singhal via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Any book by Alan Gratz - Refugees, Allies, Ground Zero (releasing in February)
Wild Robot
Books by Jennifer Nielsen - Resistance , Night Divided
Books by Jason Reynolds
Running Dream

Rati Singhal



On Jan 12, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Mrs. Kuzminski via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Hello Collective Mind!
My school is looking for possible titles for a whole school book for grades 6-8.  My admin would like a fiction book that has:
- good moral lesson, but not preachy... or a good moral dilemma
- character(s) overcoming some sort of adversity in a positive way
- perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness
- theme or subject matter that encourages discussion
- feel-good ending
- keeps the 8th graders interested, yet appropriate for 6th grade
- not so popular that they would have all read it (like The One and Only Ivan, etc.)
- genre doesn't really matter... well, maybe not horror.
- able to be read aloud easily because we are hybrid learning

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!  Thank you for sharing your brainwaves!

Amanda Kuzminski
Library Media Specialist
Orland Junior High School
Orland Park, IL
708-364-4214

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